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Encounters

by James Joyce · 1914

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One of Ireland's most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet who's best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for his poetry, journalism, and novels like A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

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This edition of Joyce's An Encounter includes a Table of Contents.

Setting
1910s1910sMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisDublinDublinMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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